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What is a sediment deposit?

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Made of loose sands, shells and pebbles drifted to the bottom of the seas.

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A sedimenter is also called an agglomerater and is used to remove excess water from diesel. This process uses a mesh filter and a bowl to remove the water.

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All the river carries certain amount of silt eroded from the catchment area during heavy rains and deposition of the silt takes place it is called as sedimentation.

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The matter which subsides to the bottom, from water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

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Sedimentary deposits are zones, typically layers, of sediment that has been transported and deposited

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Occurs when excessive amounts of suspended soil particles settle out and accumulate on the bottom of a water body.

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Eroded rock, dead living things, space dust, etc.

It may be transported by water or wind, then it collects somewhere.

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A sediment is the solvent insoluble material accumulating in the bottom of the container.

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A sediment deposit would include rock, particles of rocks, soil, organic matter, and any other material that has been deposited by wind, moving water, moving ice, or gravity.

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This sediment is a precipitate, an insoluble matter in the solvent.

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